Case for holding blank forms



(No Model.)

H. J. HOFFMAN.

I CASE FOR HOLDING BLANKPORMS.

No. 348,015. Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

vif/azzzeys UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HORACE J. HOFFMAN, OF MILWAUKEE, \VISOONSIN.

CASE FOR HOLDING BLANK FORMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,015, dated August 24, 1886.

Application filed January 13, 1886. Serial No. 188,475. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, Holman J. HOFFMAN, of

Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and

in the State of Vtiseonsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases.

for Holding Blank Forms, &e.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to cases for holding blank forms-such as deeds, mortgages, &c.; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a vertical longitudinal section of my blank ease with one of the drawers drawn out; Fig. 2, a front elevation of one of the drawers removed from the frame and in its opened position; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a portion of one of the drawers in its opened position.

The frame of my blank-case consists of side pieces, A, rear end piece, B, and top 0.

Extended along the inner faces of the side pieces, A, are cleats a, and at the front end of the frame are lateral bracepicces I). These cleats and brace-pieces a 1) form the means of support for a series of drawers, which, when in place with relation to said frame, complete my improved blank-case. These drawers each consist of two pivotally-connected sections, D E, the front one, D, being preferably provided with a series of partitions, (I, so arranged as to form compartments 6 c for the receptionof blanks of different designations. The partitions (1 of the drawer-sections D are of gradually-increasing length, that of the top or front one being the shortest and the bottom or rear one the longest, while those intervening are relatively proportioned so that the upper ends of said-partitions will rise one above the other from front to rear. Although these partitions differ in length, the compartments 0 are preferably made to have thesame depth as the top or front one, 0, by the insertion of blocks f, relatively proportioned to have the same rise as that of said partitions. This construction permits the several blanks to project above the shorter partition of their respective compartment, thereby facilitating the selection and withdrawal ofany particular form or forms that may be desired.

The partitions d of the drawer-sections D may be made of wood, pasteboard, sheet metal,

or any other material found suitable and convenient. In addition, I may use loose indexsheets which rise at one end to increased height, as shown at g, to receive a designating-label, as shown in Fig. 2.

Pivotal connection is established between the drawer-sections D E by means of pins h, fitting in sockets formed in the sides of said sections, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The sides of the drawer-sections have their opposing ends cut away to form an overlapping joint when pivotally united, thereby permitting said sides to have one thickness thronghoiit the length of each drawer.

By having the drawer-sections pivotally connected the one, D, can be swung down to a vertical position when a drawer is drawn out from the frame, thereby affording easy access to and the withdrawal of a blank or blanks from the compartments, as well as economizing space, though when the drawer is closed up the opposing ends of its sections are brought together in such a manner as to entirely in case the contents of said section D.

To prevent the drawers from being drawn too far out or disengaged from the frame, I provide each of the sections E with a stop, t, designed to come against the lateral bracepieces I) of the frame, thereby limiting the outward movement of said drawers, so as to only permit the sectionsD to clear said frame. Each drawer is provided with a handle or pull, k, and when closed the outer ends of the several drawers form the front of the blank-case.

By the construction above described I provide a simple and conven icnt blank-case,which is designed-to keep the contents free from dust, and at the same time permit of the blanks having different designations being so arranged as to be readily accessible and easily removed,'as occasion may require.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

one of said sections provided with compartments 0 e, of equal depth, formed by partitions and interposed blocks of difl'erent lengths, and the other of said sections provided with a stop adapted to come against a brace-piece of the frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee. in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HORACE J. HOFFMAN. \Vi tn csses:

H. G. UNDERwooD, MAURICE F. FREAK. 

